This quarterly report outlines key performance data on Australia’s foreign investment framework from 1 April to 30 June 2026.

Key points

• Approved commercial investment proposals totalled $87.0 billion across 339 proposals.
• Singapore was the largest source of approved commercial investment proposals by value ($9.7 billion), followed by the United States ($9.3 billion), Canada ($5.7 billion), Philippines ($4.4 billion) and United Kingdom ($3.9 billion).
• Finance and insurance was the largest target sector for approved commercial investment proposals by value ($27.5 billion).
• This was followed by commercial real estate ($24.3 billion), and services ($15.2 billion).
• Approved residential real estate investment proposals totalled $0.9 billion across 656 proposals.
• Treasury’s median processing time for approved commercial investment proposals was 31 days.
• The Australian Taxation Office’s median processing time for approved residential real estate proposals was 14 days.

This report covers

• Number and value of commercial and residential investment proposals
• Source countries and investment by industry sector
• Median processing times
• National security reviews (mandatory and voluntary)
• Compliance, audit, investigation and enforcement activity
• Methodology, caveats and a glossary of key terms